♞ IX. voice & action.

[holyknights]

I have books I need to get rid of— [...well. That's not right. He corrects himself.] —return. There's too many for me to carry, so I'll need help.

[Elliot, that's not a request, it's a demand. But this is Elliot Nightray—he does not and will never care. Housemates can find Elliot sorting through the books in his servant's room, trying to pile as many into a box as he can. This is going to take a while.

Others can find him hauling this stupid box of books to the library. It's especially cold today, but once again, Elliot does not care. He is getting rid of these books one way or another, dammit. It's only a small start, but he is tired of waiting.]

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[action]

[holyknights]

[Elliot may be far behind, but he can still see him! And he frowns at him having dropped a few books.]

Hurry up.

[Or he will walk past you and leave you behind!]

[action]

[penetrated]

U, um... right, don't wait for me!

[And he'll drop the box and scoop up what he can! ... He's still fairly unathletic, so Elliot manages to get ahead of him in this time. Wait up!!]

[action]

[holyknights]

[While Elliot is easily angered, he isn't cruel, so when Aoba hasn't caught up to him in a few minutes, Elliot slows down and even stops to turn and check on him.]

Give me some of those.

[action]

[penetrated]

[He's touched, really! Of course, just handing them over sounds like it would make him seem weak...] I-! [But he doesn't have any hope of getting them to the library like this...

He'll move a small pile from his box over to Elliot's then!] Ah, I'm sorry for making this difficult...!

[action] This is not a late tag or anything...!

[holyknights]

You're not. [Elliot sounds a little annoyed at him suggesting such a thing, though! He'll reach for some more books while Aoba does that.] Just quit acting all tough.

[action] It's perfectly punctual...!

[penetrated]

Ah... sorry about that. [Would Elliot prefer it if he was humble...] I'll just try to make myself useful!

[action] Heck yeah. I am all about punctuality!

[holyknights]

[YES]

It's fine. Just don't take on more than you can handle.

[It feels like Elliot is reprimanding all the children today...!]

[action] ALL of the punctuality!

[penetrated]

[WELL FINE, GOSH.]

Mm! [Nodding...!! And now that he has a more manageable load, he'll get back to heading for library.

Such a good boy.]